Portland’s hard-won identity as a food city is here to stay
An abundance of local food, eager diners and ambitious chefs built the city s restaurant scene, and they re not going anywhere.
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Bernard Cabrera of Portland warms his hands by a fire in the Oxbow beer garden in Portland on a Friday evening in early February. He and his wife, Jennifer Wolcott, were enjoying dinner at the brewery. They love Portland s food scene and are hopeful it will survive the pandemic. I have faith, seeing the entrepreneurial spirit in this town, and the creativity, and the incredible talent of the chefs here, Wolcutt said. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Portland s hard-won identity as a food city is here to stay pressherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Justin Barner fillets a yellowfin tuna at Upstream Trucking, a wholesale seafood distributor in Portland. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
This is the third of five parts in our series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Portland’s restaurants.
Closing the doors of Vinland on Portland’s Congress Street last summer not only upended owner David Levi’s life and that of his four employees, but also affected more than a dozen vendors he relied on for the all-local fine dining restaurant.
In seven years of business, more than a third of his revenue had gone back into the Maine economy, supporting farmers, fishermen, local food producers and restaurant supply vendors.
Restaurant closures ripple throughout the local economy pressherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.